Chapter 3: The First Quest


    expensive.


    Inspect.


    Tome of Ice Shard


    Launch a projectile of ice to pierce your enemies. Deals 9 plus 4 damage/ability level.


    Mana Cost: 26


    I opened the book and discovered it only had one page containing a small paragraph. After reading the few words and learning Ice Shard Lv.1, the book disappeared from my grip. I instinctively knew how to use it, in a motor-memory kind of way.


    Ability seemed to automatically evaluate the damage of the ability, but I could also manually tweak it, at the price of a much larger mana cost to cast it. I held back on the damage because I didn’t have the mana capacity required. In the end, it looked like this:


    Tracking Ice Shard Lv.1


    Remotely launch a projectile of ice that will follow a target. Deals 12 plus 7 damage/ability level. Cast range of 1 meter plus 0.2 meters/ability level.


    Mana Cost: 63


    Created shards would stay suspended in the air around me. They had to stay within the cast range of me unless they were shot. Even if I could only cast my new ability twice before running out of mana, I was more than happy with my latest achievements.


    Ice Shard has grown to Lv.2!


    “... but he doesn''t,” I finished, feeling much lamer than I thought I would feel.<u></u>


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    The bearer of this item is immediately granted two coins for every monster they kill.


    I wonder how I feel about touching whatever that ugly goblin dropped. Then again, I had earned it from the lootbox so I put it on.


    Cade''s Status


    Level 13 Human Male


    EXP: 150 / 845


    Titles: Chosen of Lorea


    Class: Gamemaster


    Coins: 1087


    Stat Points: 8


    HP: 120/120


    MP: 150/150


    Strength: 12


    Intelligence: 14 + 1


    Agility: 5


    Abilities:


    Simulate Lv.4


    Storage Lv.1


    Ability Lv.1


    Noting my 8 unallocated stat points, I put half of them in strength to increase my health so I wouldn’t die, and the other half in intelligence to increase my mana capacity so I’d be able to cast more magic. Regardless of how cool casting ice shards was, my life was my top priority.


    I won''t say that one out loud.


    I’m hungry.


    Everyone in the throne room was tense. Fidgety nobles sat on fancy chairs around us. A total of twenty Heroes and their servants were summoned by the King for this unexpected mission, so it couldn’t be taken lightly.